This course is better then the reviews. It is a medium difficulty, well maintained, old , fun…read morecourse. The course played longer than it is and the greens were all pretty small. This is a perfect course for high handicap, kids or seniors and even decent golfers. The conditions were decent and would play it again. The par threes were actually pretty challenging .

Our golf group went to Blackwood today. The forecast was for showers to start in 4-5 hours…read more Before we got to the 2nd hole a heavy rain started and continued. All of us requested a rain check, which was denied. Our community golf group has been golfing here off and on for over 20 years. Certainly hundreds of rounds. This new policy and their snippy behavior removes them from our course list. Perhaps it should be off yours as well.

Played French Creek on a GAP play day event. Conditions were…read morecommensurate with what you would expect for an exclusive private club. The greens were fast and exceptional. The Gil Hanse designed course played much more difficult than the course rating. The hilly terrain yields many blind tees shots and obstructed shots to the greens. There was much movement on the greens-some of it not quite fair. Hanse developed this course after Inniscrone in southern chester county. That course was a controversial layout and Hanse surprisingly repeated some of the same (mistakes) here. Overall, a must play course that will have you shaking your head.

This Gil Hanse design is a true gem! Set amongst the rolling hills of chester county provides a…read moregorgeous backdrop for most of your golfing round. The staff upon arrival quickly meets you at the bag drop or if you're like me, missed that sign and they ran out to me at my truck. The clubhouse looks french country which makes sense, and the high ceilings of the men's locker room are incredible. The pro shop is stocked with premium brands and even Johnnie O gear which is cool! The course was playing a lot longer for us that day since it had rained a ton the day earlier but the conditions were superb. Tees, fairways and bunkers especially were spectacular. The rough was rough and when I got way off line it got rougher but that's expected based upon where I was! Greens are immaculate. I will say that the practice green on our day was quicker than the course greens, so that took a hole to get used to. Playing the tips left us with some serious challenges out there. Don't let the card yardage of just shy of 6600 fool you, it plays closer to 6900 because of the uphill plays to many greens. Also, if you don't score wel your first time, it's because of the greens, they take a little knowledge that none of the guys in my group had but thankfully we had a caddy to really help guide us! We're all long hitters in our group and he adjusted for our distance admirably once he saw it fly, I think our caddy was an asset to our enjoyment of the day! So why not the 5 stars you're wondering? Well, once we were all finished it's time for drinks on the fabulous outside deck overlooking 18 green, and our bartender seemed seriously disinterested in our party of 8. I ordered a pulled pork which was very good and very fresh but was more of an italian beef style with peppers and onions and spinach, I think it was spinach, I didn't read the menu unfortunately but was told that this was a quick sandwich. The views were great, the course was fabulous, the outside services was fantastic, but the last interaction we had was with a seemingly grumpy bartender and that tarnishes an otherwise special day.

The wedding venue ran out of food halfway thru the appretizers; there were no napkins at the…read moreappretizer stations; they ran out of plates and never brought new ones; they served the wrong meal to about 1/2 the guess. The trash was taken out by the mother of the bride and bridesmaids. There was no wedding planner the day of the wedding everyone left.

Excellent food selection and the premise is picturesque. If given the chance to golf or eat here,…read moreit's a private club, take it.

We are probably spoiled because we recently moved here from the Carolinas where the golf courses…read moreare pristine, but Hickory Valley is an A- in our book. Pros: -Quiet, not over-booked over packed with people on your heels - Extremely well kempt, the greens are spongey like a cloud - Gorgeous views, and some holes even back up to Quaker homes - Decent price if you go on the afternoon - Beautiful drive (about 55 mins from Germantown Philly Cons: - tough course; tight fairways - smelly ball-cleaning water, as if they haven't changed it in ages!

Need Rangers on course to keep play moving. No reason to have 2 holes open ahead…read more Also, halfway house is always closed.

pro shop attendant was the rudest person I've ever encountered…read more purchased a Groupon and was told it was good for any time. after a 45 minute drive to get there was told by the guy behind the counter that they wouldn't honor it.

The staff were all friendly and helpful. The course was in good shape and required shot-making…read moreaccuracy. The greens rolled nicely but were not overly quick. Worth playing, if you've never been.

2nd time I have played this. Well kept course. It's a bit close, up and back style. Bit of a…read moreshooting gallery. The ranger was uninformed and harassed us despite playing in less that 4 hours and waiting on most shots. Didn't seem to know what a gap looked like. We were getting to 10th tee after bio break as group in front was leaving green (par 3) but he insisted there was a entire hole between us? Complained to pro after and he took responsibility. Maybe because we weren't regulars? I think my/our $80 is better spent on a course that understands golf and welccomes all customers.

Nice course, but the staff, the course manager was awful! We're on hole 16, about 4 hours and 10…read moremin into our round. Group behind us was seldom if ever waiting to tee off for us. Manager pulls up in a cart and asks "what was your tee time?!" We tell him, and he says "what is taking you guys so long?! Have you ever played golf before?! Average round of golf is 4 hours!" We explain we haven't been pushed from behind at all, and that it's not our experience that 4 hours is average. BTW, we're playing best ball, two v two, match play. I am not good, and not super experienced, but partner is a scratch golfer, so we're mostly playing his hits, and picking up mine, and going somewhat fast most of the time. We had taken a break after the 9th and had planned to tell anyone that came up on us to play through, and no one had. This guy was just totally unnecessarily incredibly rude, and frankly mistaken about who was slowing his course down. But regardless, even if we were slugs, people could have played through, and could have been decent about asking us to do that or to speed up. They'll never get another of any of our dollars, and I hope they won't get yours either. I feel badly for the other staff there whom I'd be happy to support, and I'm sure them dealing with him is very hard. Someone post here if that guy gets fired or quits, and I'll happily return and sing it's praises.

Terrible service. I called and ask for a tee time and was hung up on a handful of times on separate…read moreoccasions .

Pretty solid starter course to take your kids. Small slice of green space and surprisingly long…read moreholes for course.

It was a great day decent prices everything was good The greens were very fast thoughread more

Great staff in the pro shop. Very helpful. Wonderful…read morebar/restaurant in the shared parking lot.